Yellow fever mosquito
5.5 mm (0.2165 in)
Adult body length
Aedes aegypti, the mosquito with white-striped legs that spreads dengue and Zika. 4 to 7 mm long.
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How big is that?
5.5 mm is 79 times the width of a human hair and 77% of a grain of rice.
Yellow fever mosquito is the 8th largest of the 32 Tiny Worlds objects, and the 26th smallest of the 172 objects across all five SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Black peppercorn (Kitchen Table), 4.865 mm across and Grain of rice (Long-grain, milled) (Kitchen Table), 7.15 mm long.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Yellow fever mosquito in orange beside the Tiny Worlds objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Yellow fever mosquito |
|---|---|---|
| Argentine ant (Worker)A tiny brown ant that forms supercolonies, seen from the side. All workers are one size. | 2.5 mm long | 45% of the size |
| Sesame seedA flat, teardrop seed from the sesame plant. | 2.96 mm long | 54% of the size |
| Yellow fever mosquito | 5.5 mm long | – |
| Bed bug (Adult)A flat, oval blood-feeder about the size of an apple seed, seen from above. | 6 mm long | 1.1× bigger |
| Ladybug (Seven-spot)The red ladybird with seven black spots, seen from above. | 6.5 mm long | 1.2× bigger |
In other units
| Millimetres | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| Centimetres | 0.55 |
| Metres | 0.0055 |
| Inches | 0.2165 |
How it's measured
Adult body length. Midpoint of 4 to 7 mm (LSU AgCenter).
The source gives a range, so this is the middle of it.
Sources
- lsuagcenter.com: LSU AgCenter: 1/6 to 1/4 of an inch in body length (4 to 7 mm).
Checked against the source on .
Could you have guessed it by eye?
Yellow fever mosquito is one of the objects in Tiny Worlds, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.